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Geometric Splendor · 2024
Ganesh in the Abstract
Available · in the studio, Phoenix
The remover of obstacles made abstract — Ganesh translated into geometric form without losing his essential benevolence.
“In 'Ganesh in the Abstract', abstraction dances gently with meaning, never arriving, always evolving.”
Ganesh in the Abstract (2024) is a spiritual decoding — a reimagining of iconography through geometry, line, and reverence. This 48 x 48 inch acrylic painting from the Geometric Splendor collection invokes the Hindu deity Ganesh not through figure, but through suggestion: arcs, curves, and rhythm that echo the elephant god’s form, spirit, and symbolism.
The composition pulses with balance. A central rounded shape — neither trunk nor torso, yet both — is flanked by mandala-like fragments and subtle gold detailing. The palette leans earthy and luminous: ochres, cinnabar, muted blues, and pale white, layered in precise yet expressive gestures.
This painting was born from memory — of temples, rituals, incense, and the early presence of sacred symbols in my childhood. I didn’t want to depict Ganesh. I wanted to feel him on the canvas. The result is part invocation, part architecture, part dance.
The geometric elements recall Hilma af Klint’s spiritual diagrams and Paul Klee’s playful reverence. Like them, I seek the divine through form, not representation.
Ganesh in the Abstract is not a portrait. It is a trace — of wisdom, of protection, of creative joy.
Where to see it. In person at RituStudio, Phoenix, by appointment. Represented by Jarrow & Goodman, Los Angeles.
The space it needs
- Wall
- At least 5 ft wide
- Ceiling
- 8 ft or more
- Light
- Any lighting — geometric structure holds in all conditions
- Daylight
- High contrast keeps the geometry crisp in almost any light. West sun will deepen the ochre and cinnabar toward amber, so a north or east wall holds the muted blue in fairer balance.
Lives best in
Living room 5/5
Ganesh in the Abstract earns its place here completely: the four-foot square of maroon, cinnabar, and gold commands the primary wall without crowding it, and the geometric invocation of reverence gives a living room its emotional center.
Hotel lobby 5/5
The strong ochre-to-gold warmth and the contained four-foot format read instantly across a lobby at distance, projecting welcome and significance without demanding that a passing guest stop and study it.
Details
- Size
- 4 × 4 ft (W × H)
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Year
- 2024
- Collection
- Geometric Splendor
- Palette
- Maroon · Ochre · Cinnabar · Muted Blue · Gold · Pale White
- Weight
- About 22 lb
- Ready
- In the studio; delivery 6–10 weeks
Its ArtGram
ArtGram.Sprig
- Texture2
- Form4
- Colour range2
- Palette3.7
- Contrast4.8
- Abstraction Quotient-5
